COURSE OUTLINE
| Instructor: |
Dr.
Ewa Wasilewska |
| Office
hours: |
By
appointment only; please call the Department of Anthropology (581-6251)
and leave your name, phone number, and class number. email: mruczek@aol.com |
| Time: |
Each
Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
| Location: |
Campus
ST 205 |
| Important
dates: |
August 29, 2007 - last day to drop classes
September 4, 2007- last day to register add classes, elect CR/NC option or to audit classes
October 19, 07- last day to withdraw from term length classes |
| Required
Texts: |
Chamberlain
Andrew T. & Michael Parker Pearson: Earthly Remains: The History
and Science of Preserved Human Bodies. Oxford University Press: 2001. (CP)
Cowie,
Susan D. & Tom Johnson: The Mummy in Fact, Fiction and Film. McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers: 2002. (CJ)
Reid,
Howard: In Search of the Immortals. St. Martin’s Press: New York.
2001. (HR)
The
above books can be purchased at the University of Utah Bookstore and on
Internet.
The
above books will also be available at the Reserve Desk at Marriott Library. |
| Optional
Texts: |
Ewa
Wasilewska: Death, Rituals, and Mummies. Notes. 2007. (EW)
Notes
can be purchased during the first three class meetings from an instructor.
Brier,
Bob: The Encyclopedia of Mummies. Checkmark Books. 1998.
Mallory,
J.P. & Victor H. Mair: The Tarim Basin Mummies: Ancient China and
the Mystery of the Earliest Peoples from the West. Thames & Hudson:
2000 (MM)
The
above books can be purchased at the University of Utah Bookstore and on
Internet.
The
above books will also be available at the Reserve Desk at Marriott Library. |
| Subject: |
This
course is designed to introduce students to various forms of mummification
and their underlying beliefs and rituals as resulting from specific perceptions
of death in world cultures. In addition to the discussion of both ancient
and modern customs of body preservation, common perception of mummies as
reflected by feature films will be presented. |
| Requirements: |
UNDERGRADUATE
STUDENTS
The
final grade will be based on three exams. Exams will consist of different
sections (including essay questions) especially designed for the type of
material, which will be covered during class meetings. In order to
pass these exams it is necessary to attend lectures and to read the required
material. Since the amount of information to which students will be exposed
is significant, three extra review sessions are planned after the last
session before each exam, after the regular class period. The most important
information, names, terms, definitions, etc., can be found in the notes
prepared by the instructor in order to structure the learning process in
the most effective way. At the end of the semester each student will be
required to turn in a research paper (10-12 pages plus bibliography) on
the topic of mummification, whether ancient or modern.
GRADUATE
STUDENTS
In
addition to the requirements listed above, graduate students are required
to write an additional research paper of ca. 20 pages (plus bibliography).
Each topic must be discussed with the instructor first and at the end of
the semester each graduate student might be asked to present a brief summary
of his or her research to the class. |
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Week
# 1 - August 22, 2007
| Introduction
to the course. “Mummy fever”: Mummies in film and popular culture. Part
I.
Movie: "The Mummy". 1932 (72 minutes) V- Cass PN 1997 M85 1985.
Readings
for Weeks # 1 & 2:
EW:
H. #1 & 2
CJ:
Chapter II. Pp. 57-140. |
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Week
# 2 - August 29, 2007
| "Mummy
fever”: Mummies in film and popular culture. Part II.
Movies:
“The
Mummy’s Hand” 1940; PN1997 M8515 1992; the famous scene of a mummy grabbing
an archaeologist.
“The
Mummy’s Tomb” 1942; PN1997 M81518 1992; the beginning of the movie to narrate
the previous movie.
“The
Mummy”1959; PN1997 M85 2001; discovery of the tomb and the mummy.
“The
Mummy’s Shroud” 1967; PN1997 M8517 1998; summary of the movies and mummy’s
death. |
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|
Assignment: Select at least three feature movies about mummies
(but
not the ones watched in class) and do their review (not description). |
|
|
Week
# 3 - September 5, 2007
| Death,
rituals, and mummification.
Readings
for Week #3:
E.W.:
H. #3
CP:
Preface. Chapter 1. Pp. 7-44. Culinary Clues for Keeping Corpses. Pp. 111-114.
Blood Brothers: The Evidence of the Genes. Pp. 114-118.
HR:
Introduction. Pp. 1-9. Chapter 6. Pp. 175-188. |
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|
Week
# 4 - September 12, 2007
| Mummies
of Ancient Egypt. Part I.
Movie:
“Egypt
Uncovered: Vol. 5. Mummies: Into the Afterlife. “ 2001. Bethesda, MD. 51
min. DT61 E336 1998 V.5
Readings
for Weeks # 4 -6:
E.W.:
H. # 4-6
CP:
The Origins and Development of Mummification in Egypt. Pp. 96-106.
HR:
Chapter 4. Pp. 105-133.
CJ:
Foreword. Preface. Chapter I. Pp. 1-58. |
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|
Week
# 5 - September 19, 2007
Mummies
of Ancient Egypt. Part II.
REVIEW!!!
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Week
# 6 - September 26, 2007
Week
# 7 - October 3, 2007
| The
Tarim Basin mummies. Part 1.
Readings
for Weeks #7, 8 & 9:
E.W.:
H. # 7-9
HR:
Chapter I. Pp. 13-48
MM
(optional): The Tarim Basin Mummies (whole book).
Movie: “Mysterious
Mummies of China” (Nova) (60 minutes) 1998; V-Cass DS 719 M96 1998. |
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|
Week
# 8 - October 10, 2007
FALL BREAK!!!
Week
# 9 - October 17, 2007
The
Tarim Basin mummies. Part 2.
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Week
# 10 - October 24, 2007
| Ice
Mummies of Siberia. Part I.
Movies: a series of (180 min. total) produced by Nova entitled ”Ice Mummies” [1.Frozen
in Heaven. 2. Siberian Ice Maiden. 3. Return of the Iceman]); Marriott
Library: V-Cass GN 293 128 1998 v. 1-3.
Readings
for Weeks #10 & 11:
E.W.:
H. # 10-11
CP:
The Tattooed Horseriders of the Steppes. Pp. 133-142.
HR:
Chapter 2. Pp. 49-78.
Week
# 11 - October 31, 2007
Ice Mummies of Siberia.
Part II. |
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Week
# 12 - November 7, 2007
| Bog
Mummies of Northwestern Europe.
Movie:
“Mummies:
The Real Story.” (Discovery Channel) (52 minutes)1999: V-Cass GN 293 M87
1999.
Readings
for Weeks #12 & 13:
E.W.:
H. # 12-13
CP
: Chapter 2, pp. 45-82.
HR:
Chapter 3, pp. 79-104.
Review
!!!
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Week
# 13 - November 14, 2007
Week
# 14 - November 21, 2007
Chile
and Peru: the oldest mummies.
Readings
for Week #14:
E.W.:
H. # 14
CP:
pp. 83-96.
HR:
Chapter 7. Pp. 189-208.
Movie:
“The
Oldest Mummies in the World,” 2001. Beverly Hills, Ca.:; World Almanac
Video. 50 min. V-Cass F 2069 043 2001. |
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Week
# 15 - November 28, 2007
Mummies
of Coastal Peru.
The Sacred Mummies
of the Andes.
Readings
for Week # 15:
E.W.:
H. # 15
HR:
Chapter 8. Pp. 209-244. Chapter 9. Pp. 245-281
Movies:
“Cliff
Mummies of the Andes,” 2001. New York: A & E Television Networks. 50
min. V-Cass F 3429 C57 2001.
“Cliff
Mummies of the Andes Unwrapped.” 2001. New York: A & E Television Networks.
50 min. V-Cass F 3429 C574 2001.
“The
Desert Mummies of Peru.” 2000. Discovery Channel. (52 min.) V-Cass
F 3429 D48 2000. |
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|
Week
# 16 - December 5, 2007
| Famous
mummies from around the world.
Movies:
“Mummies:
Frozen in Time.” TCL Video. (52 min.) V-Cass GN 293 M855 1999.
“Mummies:
The Real Story.” (Discovery Channel) (52 minutes)1999: V-Cass GN 293 M87
1999.
Readings
for Week #16:
E.W.:
H. #16
CP:
Chapter 1 from p. 29 up to 44. Chapter 6; pp. 169-188.
HR:
Chapter 5. Pp. 135-174. Afterword. Pp.283-286. Appendix. Pp. 287-290.
Review!!!
Last
day to turn in your final paper. |
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Week
# 17 - December 12, 2007
EXAM!!!
 IMPORTANT!!!
ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT
Please familiarize yourself with the University of Utah CODE OF STUDENT RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES (“STUDENT CODE”) at www.admin.utah.edu/ppmanual//8/8-10.html
The following is an excerpt from this CODE explaining specific actions, which won’t be tolerated in this class.
“2. “Academic misconduct” includes, but is not limited to, cheating, misrepresenting one's work, inappropriately collaborating, plagiarism, and fabrication or falsification of information, as defined further below. It also includes facilitating academic misconduct by intentionally helping or attempting to help another to commit an act of academic misconduct.
a. “Cheating” involves the unauthorized possession or use of information, materials, notes, study aids, or other devices in any academic exercise, or the unauthorized communication with another person during such an exercise. Common examples of cheating include, but are not limited to, copying from another student's examination, submitting work for an in-class exam that has been prepared in advance, violating rules governing the administration of exams, having another person take an exam, altering one's work after the work has been returned and before resubmitting it, or violating any rules relating to academic conduct of a course or program.
b. Misrepresenting one's work includes, but is not limited to, representing material prepared by another as one's own work, or submitting the same work in more than one course without prior permission of both faculty members.
c. “Plagiarism” means the intentional unacknowledged use or incorporation of any other person's work in, or as a basis for, one's own work offered for academic consideration or credit or for public presentation. Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to, representing as one's own, without attribution, any other individual’s words, phrasing, ideas, sequence of ideas, information or any other mode or content of expression.
d. “Fabrication” or “falsification” includes reporting experiments or measurements or statistical analyses never performed; manipulating or altering data or other manifestations of research to achieve a desired result; falsifying or misrepresenting background information, credentials or other academically relevant information; or selective reporting, including the deliberate suppression of conflicting or unwanted data. It does not include honest error or honest differences in interpretations or judgments of data and/or results.”
The following sanctions will be imposed in this class for a student engaging in academic misconduct:
1. A failing grade for the specific assignment, paper, exam, etc., without possibility to re-write it, re-take it, etc. This academic misconduct will be reported to the Chairman of the Department of Anthropology.
2. The second offense will be sanctioned with a failing grade for the whole course. In such a case, the following rule of the University of Utah CODE OF STUDENT RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES is applicable and will be followed: “If the faculty member imposes the sanction of a failing grade for the course, the faculty member shall, within ten (10) business days of imposing the sanction, notify in writing, the chair of the student’s home department and the senior vice president for academic affairs or senior vice president for health sciences, as appropriate, of the academic misconduct and the circumstances which the faculty member believes support the imposition of a failing grade.”
3. For more information concerning sanctions for academic misconduct (additional sanctions might be imposed) and your rights and procedures to appeal these sanctions please refer to the aforementioned CODE.
If you need more information and/or explanations please don’t hesitate to contact the instructor.
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